By @SimonCocking , interview with Nikita Anufriev. Co-founder of Denim and «Cinderella Project» services (the largest dating services in Russia).

1 min pitch for what you are doing now? What are your plans for the future?

DateCoin is now on the track to the upcoming ICO, which starts on March 30, 2018. For this month, as a project CEO I’m participating in multiple conferences and private meetings with potential investors.
Roadshow covers about 10 countries all over the world which we consider as perspective markets. We have already made preliminary deals with several big investors and investment funds. I’m more than sure to get funds from them after personal meetings.
This approach has been shown to be beneficial at PreSale that finished successfully at the end of year 2017. 18M tokens were sold and 2213.75 ETH was raised.

What will you be talking about at this event?

DTC is Ethereum-based (ERC20) highly liquid utility token for fruitful dating worldwide with successful business model employed and user-based growth mechanics implemented. According to Roadmap, the service audience will amount to 20M users by the year 2020. We expect most of them buying tokens at the open market for in-app purchases (additional features and exclusive offers priced in DTC). Moreover, DTC demand will be several times higher compared to emission (according to our team estimates).

Regular app features can be purchased for fiat money, whereas exclusive ones will be available for DTC only. For instance, the user initially has access to 5 photos and 1 video. To get access to all videos for 3 days, he should pay, let’s say, 10 tokens. Token can even be used for getting unlimited lifetime access to the service. Moreover, compared to fist money purchases, when paying with tokens, the users are eligible for special offers. That is how token demand is stimulated.

Right now we have working dating app Denim with 700K+ audience (MVP DateCoin). We expect those users to be interested in buying DTC tokens at the initial stages.

This approach will ensure the token to be in high demand even after ICO is over. It will also influence positively on token exchange rate and popularize blockchain. Another technology we are trying to attract attention to is a distributed data. For instance, Denim users, most of which were unaware of crypto economics, got St. Valentine’s Day appreciation token (DTC). Thus, they got an experience in tokenization, following our step-by-step video guide.

Global online dating market is growing rapidly for several years. According to expert estimates it will amount to $6 billion next year. With the digital world rapidly developing, people tend to date online. This trend will only increase with new technological solution s available. Overall, these facts will ensure token to be in high demand.

All existing dating services have multiple problems, preventing them from doing quick and relevant search. Nowadays, online dating services users waste more of their time. Even with all the requirements clearly stated, it is still almost impossible to get relevant results. At the same, the users are constantly asked for additional fees. Numerous fake accounts are even worse noting.All these problems are obvious, but remain unsolved. DateCoin is about to revolutionize dating industry with artificial intelligence and big data processing. We will design a unique system capable of in-depth analysis of users preferences and providing him with the pool of the best matching partners. An additional player involved in this game is a semantic dialogs analyzer, a robot matching you with the partner based on your preferences. I’m more than sure, that our users will be able to find not only a soulmate, but also a friend or even a business partner.

We plan to tackle the problem of fake accounts with blockchain. Trusted user can verify the identity of his partner via blockchain entry at DateCoin distributed data registry. After transaction completed, the partner becomes trusted as well and can verify the identity of other users.

What inspired you to attend it?

When planning PreSale and ICO, I visited numerous crypto conferences worldwide and thus is experienced in picking useful ones. BIISUMMIT is for sure among those. The presence of numerous participants and influential speakers allows to expect positive outcomes from the event.

Which influencers and websites do you follow to keep updated with the latest developments?

Since our project is going to be global, we will have to deal with dozens of crypto world experts interested in DateCoin. This business is done both online and in person. Our advisory board has been recently enhanced significantly with the international experts we always stay in touch with, especially when making key decisions.
To stay updated with the latest crypto industry news, I regularly screen big websites, Telegram-chats and channels, with an increased demand in monitoring social networks.

How can people find out more about what you are working on?

We are actively advertising our product with all resources available. Those include crypto mass media, where you can read more about us and, of course, our website, datecoin.io, telegram chats (https://t.me/datecoin) and other popular resources. For mkrs details and special offers visit our website, datecoin.io

Nikita has over experience 8 years in IT and Marketing spheres.Consulted a number of successful ICO projects related to forex industry.The founder of the Yasno.mobi, specialized in the creation of mobile and adaptive Internet websites, as well as in providing a wide range of services.Graduate of the Automation and Informatics faculty of the Moscow State Mining University, graduated from the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys.As a founder of DateCoin we are creating a new generation of the dating services.https://youtu.be/eYJ9ahK3slA

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